Service-learning expo helps foster ideas

9:50 AM,
Jan. 19, 2014

Opportunities: Juanita Blaz, program director for Island Girl Power, speaks to public high school students at the University of Guam during a service-learning expo on Saturday about opportunities for students to earn service-learning credits required to graduate. Dance Aoki/Pacific Daily News/dkaoki@guampdn.com

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Dance Aoki
Pacific Daily News

Department of Education teachers and representatives from nonprofit organizations and government agencies held a service-learning expo Saturday to help students get ideas for service-learning projects.

Starting with this year's junior class, high school students must complete 75 hours of service learning before they can graduate. This year's juniors need a minimum of 60 service-learning hours before the end of the year.

Service-learning projects are defined as a teaching and learning approach that integrates service to the community with academic study to enrich learning, ...